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The 1966 Chicago West Side riots occurred between July 12 and 15 in Chicago, Illinois. After police arrested a man who was wanted for armed robbery, black...

The 1968 Chicago riots, in the United States, were sparked in part by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rioting and looting followed, with people...

The West Side is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is joined by the North and South Sides. The West Side...

The Sunset Strip curfew riots, also known as the "hippie riots", were a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young...

Near West Side, one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, is on the West Side, west of the Chicago River and adjacent to the Loop. The Great Chicago Fire...

riots) 1966 – Omaha riot of 1966, July 2, Omaha, Nebraska (race riots) 1966 – 1966 Chicago West-Side riots, July 12–15, Chicago, Illinois 1966 – 1966...

incident was one of the first LGBT-related riots in United States history, preceding the more famous 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. It marked the beginning...

The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois...

York City draft riots during the American Civil War, and it was not surpassed until the 1992 Los Angeles riots 25 years later. The riot was prominently...

Stonewall riots, and there was already the emergence of a gay liberation movement in New York at the time of the riots. The Stonewall riots were not the...

being the North and West Sides. It radiates and lies south of the city's downtown area, the Chicago Loop. Much of the South Side came from the city's...

Washington, D.C. riots, Washington, D.C. 1968 New York City riot, New York City West Side Riots, Chicago 1968 Detroit riot, Detroit Louisville riots of 1968,...

The 1980 Miami riots were race riots that occurred in Miami, Florida, starting in earnest on May 18, 1980, following an all-White male jury acquitting...

chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 1, 2017. "100 HURT IN W. SIDE RED RIOT". archives.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved...

simmered into the Chicago race riot of 1919 during the Red Summer era, in which ethnic Irish gangs attacked black neighborhoods on the South Side, leading to...

Division Street riots were episodes of rioting and civil unrest, which started on June 12 and continued through June 14, 1966. These riots are remembered...

The 1968 Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4–5, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther King...

Some of the biggest riots took place in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Kansas City. The immediate cause of the rioting was the assassination...

Tampa riots were a series of race riots during June 1967 in Tampa, Florida, as one of 159 such riots in the United States that summer. The Tampa riots began...

Humboldt Park, one of 77 designated community areas, is on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The Humboldt Park neighborhood is known for its dynamic...